Politics
Florida Poll: Clinton Would Defeat Jeb Bush, Marco Rubio in 2016
Politico- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would win Florida against both Sen. Marco Rubio and former Gov. Jeb Bush in the 2016 presidential election, a new poll finds. If the election were held today, Clinton would top Bush 50 percent to 43 percent, and she would best Rubio 53 percent to 41 percent, according to Wednesday’s survey from Quinnipiac. Read full story.
June 10, 2013 8:36 am
Man Behind Major NSA Leaks Comes Forward
The Guardian – The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US...
June 10, 2013 8:31 am
Charedim Gather in Manhattan to Protest Israel Draft Bill
JTA – Until now, the primary storyline of the religious-secular battles in Israel has...
June 10, 2013 12:42 am
Rise in Judea and Samaria Housing Construction
Times of Israel – Official Israeli figures show housing starts in West Bank settlements...
June 7, 2013 8:56 am
New York Times on Data Mining Scandal: Obama Has ‘Lost All Credibility’
New York Times – Within hours of the disclosure that federal authorities routinely collect...
June 7, 2013 8:10 am
JNF Backtracks on Funding Half Million Dollar Clinton Speech
JNS.org - The Jewish National Fund (JNF) has announced that it is withdrawing from the upcoming...
June 7, 2013 8:08 am
Why Obama Chose Susan Rice
Politico – Since Rahm Emanuel packed his bags, President Barack Obama has recruited...
June 6, 2013 11:22 am
Gulf Countries Take Action on Hezbollah, EU Wavers
The United States and Israel have long called for the international community and the European...
June 6, 2013 9:27 am
Al Jazeera Hires White House Correspondent
Politico – Al Jazeera America has hired NBC’s Michael Viqueira to serve as its...
June 6, 2013 12:01 am
Seeking Spiritual Redemption? Anthony Weiner to Visit Grand Chasidic Rebbe
Disgraced former congressman and now New York City mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner announced...
June 5, 2013 8:32 pm
Susan Rice Appointment as National Security Advisor Praised by Jewish Groups
JNS.org - Jewish groups on Wednesday praised the appointment of outgoing U.S. Ambassador to...
June 5, 2013 1:02 am
Israel: We Oppose International Forces in Final Status Agreement
Jerusalem Post – Even as US Secretary of State John Kerry has been keeping details of...
June 5, 2013 12:58 am
Likud Beytenu Coalition Chairman Forms Pro-Judea and Samaria Caucus
Jerusalem Post – Coalition chairman Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu) will announce next Tuesday...
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Personalities Sports
NBA Finals a Time to Remember Legendary Jewish Coach Red Auerbach
JNS.org - At the start of each nationally televised game of the 2013 NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the Miami Heat, ABChas aired a film-clip montage of basketball’s great players and coaches—a montage that includes Jewish coach Arnold “Red” Auerbach, the mastermind behind nine championship teams for the Boston Celtics. Red was one of four children of Marie and Hyman Auerbach. Hyman was a Russian-Jewish immigrant who left Belarus when he was 13. The couple owned a deli and [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish History
The Marx Brothers and Jewish Identity
JNS.org - The sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany and France, the Marx Brothers became zany masters of stage and screen who continue to captivate audiences. But in addition to providing comic relief, their films captured the drama of the entry of their marginalized religion into the U.S. Wayne Koestenbaum, author of the 2012 book The Anatomy of Harpo Marx, explains that the Marx Brothers’ Jewishness as a family “was evident, marked, thoroughly legible.” “Within a family already marked as Jewish within [...]
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Arts and Culture Jewish Identity
SuperJew
For my shekels, the question of whether the comic book character Superman, is Jewish or not shouldn’t even be questioned. Born and named Kal-El by his father Jor-El, “El” is one of the ancient names for God used throughout the bible and found in great prophets such as Samue-el, Dani-el and angels Micha-el and Gavri-el and of course, Isra-el. As Simcha Weinstein in his entertaining book, “Up, Up And Oy Vey” points out, “Kal” is the root of several Hebrew [...]
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Israel Sports
Formula 1 Road Show Thrills Jerusalem
JNS.org – Some 100,000 people attended Israel’s first-ever Formula 1 Road Show in Jerusalem on Thursday and Friday. For several hours, the controversies that normally characterize Jerusalem were put aside, and a diverse mosaic of Israelis watched up close as the motor-sport stars temporarily conquered the city. “It was an amazing experience, the most fast and furious thing I have seen,” spectator Masada Porat told Israel Hayom. “It was a rare, extreme event that explodes in your face.” Spectator Irena [...]
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Book Reviews Jewish Identity
Klara’s Journey Casts Jews in Fast-Paced Adventure Through Russian History
JNS.org – “If you’re sick, move away. Have some consideration for others,” a red army soldier scolds a slow-moving old man selling train tickets. “No, fires back the old man, proud, haughty, not realizing it’s a new country, a Bolshevik country where force heads the list instead of civility,” reads the following line in Ben G. Frank’s new novel, Klara’s Journey, released June 1. Reminiscent of Boris Pasternak’s Dr. Zhivago—whose backdrop is also a train ride across the Russian frontier during the [...]
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Personalities Theater
Nora Ephron, Famed Jewish Screenwriter, Remembered Through Tribeca Film Festival Prize
JNS.org – For filmmaker Meera Menon, no honor could have been more fitting than winning the inaugural award named after famed Jewish screenwriter and novelist Nora Ephron, the woman whose work inspired her. At the recent 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, Menon was named the first recipient of the $25,000 Nora Ephron Prize, given to a writer or director whose work embodies that of the late Ephron, who wrote the scripts for a number of hit films, including “When Harry Met [...]
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Book Reviews Personalities
Book Review: ‘Jewish Jordan’ Memoir an Important Guide for Players and Coaches
JNS.org – Despite his friends’ and family’s doubts that a young Orthodox Jewish athlete could ever play college or professional basketball without compromising his religious values, between 1999 and 2009 the “Jewish Jordan” defied conventional wisdom and found his place on the court. In his new memoir, Jewish Jordan’s Triple Threat, Tamir Goodman describes his triumphs and disappointments in life, crediting his practice of Judaism for shaping his identity as an athlete and his understanding of basketball as a team sport. [...]
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Blogs Sports
Omri Casspi, ‘Jewish Jordan’ Partner on Basketball Camps to Inspire Youths On and Off the Court
Tamir Goodman (left) and NBA forward Omri Casspi—pictured on the court of the United Center, home of the Chicago Bulls—together run basketball camps that seek to inspire youths on and off the court. Photo: Courtesy Tamir Goodman. JNS.org – Before last year, basketball camps for Jewish youths never had an instructor quite like Omri Casspi, a forward for the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Cleveland Cavaliers and the first Israeli-born player in NBA history. Casspi is a de facto ambassador for [...]
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